Death Stranding is an action, open-world game developed by Kojima Productions. This is the first title announced by Hideo Kojima after splitting from Konami. The game was initially teased in 2015 as a PlayStation 4 exclusive. Later it was announced that the game will come to PC later after 8 months of release. The PC version of the game is available on Epic Games Store as well as on Steam. Kojima Productions took their sweet time and released the game on PC. For most parts the runs smoothly without any noticeable issues. If you’re getting Death Stranding Error Initializing Rendering issue after starting the game, we got your covered. Here’s how you can fix the issue.
The solution to the problem isn’t software related but depends a lot on your GPU. Make sure your system meets the minimum or recommended system requirements. Usually, any game will stutter or have rendering issues if it is run on a weak GPU than the recommended. But it can be run with some graphical tweaks. Death Stranding, however, is a different case.
Fix Death Stranding Error Initializing Rendering Issue
You will have to understand the root of the problem first before you can try the fix, the Death Stranding Error Initializing Rendering issues will look something like:
This error indicates that the game is unable to meet the minimum requirement for Death Stranding. This error will occur to only those people who have a weaker card than the minimum GeForce GTX 1050 3GB or AMD Radeon RX 560 4GB.
The fix
You will have to change your graphics card to either GeForce GTX 1050 3 GB or AMD Radeon RX 560 4 GB at the least. There is no other fix than to change your GPU.
While you are here, make sure you check out our other guides for Death Stranding as well:
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- How to fix Death Stranding not launching issue on PC (Steam/ Epic Store)
The game simply will not run if your GPU is weaker than the minimum suggested. Check out the minimum and recommended system requirements for Death Stranding down below.
Minimum
- Windows® 10
- Processor: Intel® Core™ i5-3470 or AMD Ryzen™ 3 1200
- Memory: 8 GB RAM
- Graphics: GeForce GTX 1050 3 GB or AMD Radeon™ RX 560 4 GB
- DirectX: Version 12
- Storage: 80 GB available space
- Sound Card: DirectX compatible
Recommended
- OS: Windows® 10
- Processor: Intel™ Core i7-3770 or AMD Ryzen™ 5 1600
- Memory: 8 GB RAM
- Graphics: GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB or AMD Radeon™ RX 590
- DirectX: Version 12
- Storage: 80 GB available space
- Sound Card: DirectX compatible
Death Stranding On PC
Death Stranding is available on Epic Games Store as well as on Steam.
About Death Stranding
Sam Bridges (Norman Reedus) must brave a world utterly transformed by the Death Stranding. Carrying the disconnected remnants of our future in his hands, he embarks on a journey to reconnect the shattered world one step at a time.
One of the amazing things about Death Stranding is its cast. The game features, Norman Reedus, Mads Mikkelsen, Léa Seydoux, and Lindsay Wagner. The game also features cross-over content from Valve Corporation’s HALF-LIFE series. For more details visit Death Stranding on Steam.